148 years ago · 1878

“It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of Arizona lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at the northwest corner of the Navajo…”

— Rutherford B. Hayes

121 years ago · 1905

“The result as I see it in this ship is a triumph not only of organization and discipline, but of the ready zeal with which each individual performs his allotted task.”

— Teddy Roosevelt

109 years ago · 1917

“I hereby authorize and empower the Alien Property Custodian to employ and appoint in the manner provided in the trading with the enemy act in the District of Columbia and…”

— Woodrow Wilson